Adult Basic Education
21.
What's Happening in U.S. Citizenship Preparation?
by Jennifer Gagliardi
Posted May 2022
Posted May 2022
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
No new updates to the USCIS N-400 Application for Naturalization. No new updates to the USCIS 100 Questions. So, what's there to talk about in online U.S. Citizenship Prep? PLENTY!
22.
Career Exploration in Adult Education
Posted April 2022
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
Career exploration has been widely recognized and endorsed as a necessary step in an individual's career development. It is a fundamental lever to help adults successfully navigate an evolving labor market and demand for changing skills. The value of exploration is instrumental for each student to emerge from experience with a clear and more accurate assessment of him or herself.
23.
Let's Get Jammin'!
by Cindy Wislofsky
Posted March 2022
Posted March 2022
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
If effective remote teaching has taught us anything, the importance of keeping students engaged while providing interactive, collaborative, task-based activities that work both synchronously and asynchronously is key. Enter Google Jamboard.
24.
Canvas and Canvas Commons in Adult Education
by Francisco Xavier Pinedo Jr
Posted February 2022
Posted February 2022
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
If you decide to use Canvas for your class, it is not an easy as 1-2-3 thing. You need to invest time to create your site, and then find appropriate resources to use from Canvas Commons or upload your own content.
25.
Triple E Framework: Extension
by Debbie Jensen
Posted January 2022
Posted January 2022
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
The third component of the Triple E is Extension, which means connecting the learner to the real world.
26.
Triple E Framework: Enhancement
by Debbie Jensen
Posted December 2021
Posted December 2021
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
OTAN has adopted the Triple E Framework developed in 2011 by Professor Liz Kolb, Clinical Psychologist at the University of Michigan School of Education, as a model for technology integration.
27.
Triple E Framework: Engagement
by Susan Gaer
Posted November 2021
Posted November 2021
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
OTAN has adopted the Triple E Framework developed in 2011 by Professor Liz Kolb, Clinical Psychologist at the University of Michigan School of Education, as a model for technology integration.
28.
Introduction to the Triple E Framework
by Susan Gaer
Posted October 2021
Posted October 2021
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
The Triple E is a framework that measures how well a tool or activity engages, enhances, and extends learning.
29.
New! Improved! Teaching with Technology (TwT) Database Updated for Usefulness and with a Focus on High-Quality Instruction
by Kristi Reyes
Posted September 2021
Posted September 2021
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
Now, after more than 1,300 entries, TwT is being transformed into a more user-friendly resource.
30.
Choice Boards: Made for Adult Education
by Debbie Jensen
Posted August 2021
Posted August 2021
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
K-12 has embraced Choice Boards in their classrooms for over ten years, but if you missed the opportunity, here it is for Adult Education. It is as if Choice Boards were designed with adult learners in mind.
31.
Interactive Images and Virtual Reality Using Thinglink
by Susan Gaer
Posted July 2021
Posted July 2021
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
You may have seen photos of users with high-tech virtual reality goggles tuned out to the world and wonder what type of experiences can be had. By definition, users are immersed in a 3D world and virtual reality places the user inside the experience as opposed to just viewing it. With Thinglink, you can easily recreate these experiences for students who will view them using a simple cardboard VR device.
32.
Canvas Commons: Easy as 1, 2, 3
by Francisco Xavier Pinedo Jr
Posted June 2021
Posted June 2021
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
Canvas is a web-based learning management system (or LMS for short) that is used in many schools, including community colleges and higher education institutions. Like other LMS, Canvas allows instructors to manage digital learning with a platform for teachers to create and add content, including lessons and assessments.
33.
Google Extensions for Teachers
by Ryan de la Vega
Posted May 2021
Posted May 2021
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
As wonderful as Google is, it can't always do everything. Lucky for us there are third parties who create add–ons and extensions to fill those gaps.
34.
Recent Developments in Online Citizenship Preparation
by Jennifer Gagliardi
Posted April 2021
Posted April 2021
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
Citizenship applicants and their teachers breathed a collective sigh of relief on February 22, 2021, when USCIS announced that they were withdrawing the 2020 Civics questions and restoring the 2008 Civics questions.
35.
WizerMe for Wizer Online Worksheets
by Stephanie Thomas
Posted March 2021
Posted March 2021
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
Imagine a free website where you can create beautiful augmented worksheets for your students in minutes using an intuitive, easy-to-use dashboard. Now imagine you get access to thousands of worksheets created by instructors across all levels and subject matter. Too good to be true? Nope. WizerMe is an online worksheet creator.
36.
Liquid Syllabus
by Diana Vera-Alba
Posted February 2021
Posted February 2021
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
A Liquid Syllabus is an accessible, mobile-responsive, equity-minded website that includes a friendly introduction video and course information written in welcoming, student-centered language.
37.
Meeting Students Online: Jitsi Meet and Online Whiteboards
by Debbie Jensen
Posted January 2021
Posted January 2021
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
Try a new online meeting platform called Jitsi Meet.
38.
Incorporate Bitmoji into Your Lessons
by Alisa Takeuchi
Posted December 2020
Posted December 2020
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
Bitmojis create a fun, interactive theme to lessons, email, and banners Founded by Canadian company Bitstrips, Bitmojis were originally created in 2007 to help users make comic strips with personal avatars. In 2014, Bitmoji stickers were created for use in messaging apps.
39.
Adding Licensing and Attributions to Your Work for OER
by Diana Vera-Alba
Posted November 2020
Posted November 2020
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
As educators, we often enjoy collaborating with other educators and sharing ideas, lessons, curriculum, and materials that we create. This spirit of sharing prompted the educational community to begin curating materials to be shared in what is known as Open Educational Resources (OER).
40.
Resources for Election 2020
by Kristi Reyes
Posted October 2020
Posted October 2020
Category:
Adult Basic Education
Description:
The 2020 Election, both presidential and legislative, is being called one of the most important in recent history. Whether or not our adult students follow the news or are politically aware, we should encourage those eligible to exercise their right to vote because the outcomes will affect everyone.